 | William Buell Sprague - 1865 - 620 頁
...counsel of prudence and send his thoughts beyond the present moment;" and of Ames himself, " Happily he did not need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous, nor the regret of folly to make him wise." On other subjects, he was often equally concentrated and striking.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1869 - 458 頁
...bills of credit, which passed current among the French inhabitants of the North-west. When he died, he wore a uniform presented to him by Montcalm, who esteemed...was an actor in the last scene in the drama of the Frencli and Indian War. FISHER AMES. FISHER AMES. " TTAPPILY he did not need the smart of guilt to... | |
 | Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - 1869 - 700 頁
...President Kirkland to Fisher Ames is no less true and beautiful when applied to Mr. Saltonstall : ' Happily he did not need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous, nor the regret of folly to make him wise.' Liberty, religion and holiness he loved, and his reverence for God... | |
 | 1870 - 406 頁
...President Kirkland said of him, over his grave, that he was one of the few men who ever Hved "that did not " need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous, "nor the regret of folly to make him wise. " Par nef/otiis ñeque supro — " equal to, not above "duty" —... | |
 | 1872 - 438 頁
...President Kirkland said of him, over his grave, that he was one of the few men who ever lived "that did not need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous, nor the regret of folly to make him wise." Par negotiis neque supra — "equal to, uot above, duty " — was... | |
 | Edwards Amasa Park - 1880 - 56 頁
...superlatives. On that day it might have been said of him as was said by Dr. Kirkland of Fisher Ames : " He did not need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous, nor the regret of folly to make him wise." 1 Had he been called from earth on that day, we can easily imagine... | |
 | Anna L. Beck Möring - 1882 - 162 頁
...scholarship and of spotless virtue was abundantly fulfilled. Of him, too, it may be truly said, that " He did not need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous, nor the regret of folly to make him wise." He graduated the second scholar in his class, — second only to... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1890 - 268 頁
...bills of credit, which passed current among the French inhabitants of the North-west. When he died, he wore a uniform presented to him by Montcalm, who esteemed...French and Indian War. FISHER' AMES. 71 FISHER AMES. " TJAPPILY he did not need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous, nor the H regret of folly to make... | |
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TTAPPILY he did not need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous, nor the 11 'regret of folly to make him wise," were the words uttered by one who knew Fisher Ames well, and appreciated his noble character. 
